The historical drama series Say Nothing depicts veteran Irish republican Marian Price shooting dead Jean McConville in 1972 during The Troubles.
The veteran Irish republican and convicted bomber Marian Price is suing Disney+ for defamation after its hit TV show Say Nothing depicted her shooting dead Jean McConville, which was one of the most controversial murders of The Troubles.
The historical drama series, based on the book of the same name by Patrick Radden Keefe, portrays the abduction, murder and secret burial of McConville — a widowed mother-of-10 — by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) in 1972.
Price, 70, who is also known by her married name Marian McGlinchey, has denied any involvement in the killing. McConville’s remains were found buried at a beach in 2003 in County Louth in the Republic of Ireland. No one has been charged over her death.
Price’s decision to take legal action against Disney+ was first reported by The Irish News.
Her solicitor Peter Corrigan said: “Our client has been publicly connected with the murder of the innocent mother Jean McConville. This allegation is unfounded in all respects.”
“Indeed, it is difficult to envisage a more damaging allegation in which to level at our client without any evidential foundation,” Corrigan, a solicitor at Phoenix Law, said in a statement. “Our client has now been forced to initiate legal proceedings to hold Disney to account for their actions.”
Disney+ has not publicly commented on the reports.
Price gained prominence along with her sister Dolores when they were convicted of the IRA car bomb attack on the Old Bailey courts in London in 1973.
About 3,600 people died in three decades of conflict, known as The Troubles, between the IRA, pro-British paramilitaries and the British army before the 1998 Good Friday Agreement largely ended the violence.
McConville is known as one of the Disappeared, a group of 17 people who were murdered and secretly buried by the IRA during The Troubles. One of her children has said that the portrayal of her killing in the Disney+ TV series is “horrendous” and “cruel”.
